Transcript Blacktail Deer Creek in Yellowstone National Park, seen here in a 2019 photo from the ecological study known as NEON, is one site where researchers have bubbled sulfur hexafluoride into the water. NEON A massive ecological study that’s happening across the United States, and which is designed to track the impact of long-term changes […]
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Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
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Effects of Imported Recharge on Fluoride Trends in Groundwater Used for Public Supply in California
California Coachella Canal with Citrus Orchards in Background (Kim Taylor, USGS) Intensive water use and management of groundwater, especially in southern California, is causing changes in natural fluoride concentrations in groundwater supplies (summary of Harkness and Jurgens, 2022). Groundwater basins in California are an important part of the State’s water storage and supply system. The […]
Letter: No good reason to add fluoride to Alpena water
When was the last time you read the label on your toothpaste tube and the warning: DO NOT SWALLOW. Do you know why? Fluoride is a toxic chemical! If swallowed in large amounts at one time, you should go to the emergency room immediately. Unfortunately, small amounts of fluoride swallowed over a long period of […]
Wellington Fluoride Glitch Raises Council Concerns
A construction issue that stopped the fluoridation of Wellington’s municipal water system over the past two years will be rectified soon, but Wellington Village Council members are not happy with the fact that they and the general public were not informed of the change. “For me, the most important thing is being transparent with our […]
Letter: Thankful for fluoride fighter
To the editor: Thank you to the Gloucester Daily Times for featuring Karen Favazza Spencer’s My View column, “Stop Poisoning Gloucester,” in the Aug. 4, opinion section. Gloucester, all of Cape Ann and beyond, owes a huge debt of thanks to her for so clearly detailing a science-based presentation on the dangers of fluoride in […]
Grand Rapids Was the First U.S. City to Add Fluoride To Its Water
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This article is outdated as it doesn’t present information on the • US Government studies on fluoride’s neurotoxicity • The 76 Fluoride IQ studies Because of the lack of sharing this important information with its readers, we add this article to our misinformation category. (EC Fluoride has been a part […]
More dentists needed to serve Medicaid patients
… 16 percent of New Hampshire dentists take Medicaid … The state’s victory this year in finally getting lawmaker approval to provide nearly 85,000 adults on Medicaid basic dental benefits will be short-lived if it can’t find more dentists like Chris and Derek Blackwelder. The two are among the approximately 16 percent of New Hampshire […]
My View: Stop poisoning Gloucester, by Karen Favazza Spencer
Like others in several generations of my family, I have volunteered in several capacities on behalf of the city, serving in official and unofficial roles. Most recently, my service to the city has been in the role of an environmental health activist opposing fluoridation policy. I am also a member representative on behalf of the […]
Iowa City awarded grant to upgrade water fluoridation system
Excerpt: IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – A $13,846 grant from the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation will allow the City of Iowa City to upgrade its community water fluoridation equipment and purchase lab equipment and supplies. … “The City is in full support of these upgrades to ensure the health and safety of Iowa City […]
PFOA in rain worldwide exceeds EPA advisory level
Amounts of PFAS in precipitation called “practically irreversible” Credit: Shutterstock Even in remote areas, precipitation contains levels of PFOA higher than the EPA recommends for drinking water, reserachers say. Rain and snow around the world contain higher concentrations of a toxic, persistent industrial chemical than the US Environmental Protection Agency’s advisory level for the substance […]